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<h2>JOBS II data</h2>

<h3>Description</h3>

<p>Job Search Intervention Study (JOBS II). JOBS II is a randomized field 
experiment that investigates the efficacy of a job trainingintervention on 
unemployed workers. The program is designed to not only increase 
reemploymentamong the unemployed but also enhance the mental health of the 
job seekers. In the JOBS IIfield experiment, 1,801 unemployed workers 
received a pre-screening questionnaire and were thenrandomly assigned to 
treatment and control groups. Those in the treatment group participatedin 
job-skills workshops. In the workshops, respondents learned job-search skills
and coping strategiesfor dealing with setbacks in the job-search process. 
Those in the control condition receiveda booklet describing job-search tips. 
In follow-up interviews, the two key outcome variables weremeasured; a 
continuous measure of depressive symptoms based on the Hopkins Symptom 
Checklist,and a binary variable, representing whether the respondent had 
become employed.
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<h3>Usage</h3>

<pre>
jobs
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<h3>Format</h3>

<p>A data matrix with 899 rows and 17 columns, containing no missing 
values. The data are provided only for illustrative purposes and not for 
inference about program efficacy, for which the original data source should
be consulted. </p>
 <dl>
<dt>econ_hard:</dt><dd><p> Level of economic hardship 
pre-treatment with values from 1 to 5.</p>
</dd> <dt>depress1:</dt><dd><p> Measure of 
depressive symptoms pre-treatment.</p>
</dd> <dt>sex:</dt><dd><p> Indicator variable for 
sex. 1 = female</p>
</dd> <dt>age:</dt><dd><p> Age in years.</p>
</dd> <dt>occp:</dt><dd><p> Factor with 
seven categories for various occupations.</p>
</dd> <dt>marital:</dt><dd><p> Factor with 
five categories for marital status.</p>
</dd> <dt>nonwhite:</dt><dd><p> Indicator variable 
for race. 1 = nonwhite.</p>
</dd> <dt>educ:</dt><dd><p> Factor with five categories for 
educational attainment.</p>
</dd> <dt>income:</dt><dd><p> Factor with five categories for 
level of income.</p>
</dd> <dt>job_seek:</dt><dd><p> A continuous scale measuring the level 
of job-search self-efficacy with values from 1 to 5. The mediator 
variable.</p>
</dd> <dt>depress2:</dt><dd><p> Measure of depressive symptoms 
post-treatment.</p>
</dd> <dt>work1:</dt><dd><p> Indicator variable for employment. 1 = 
employed.</p>
</dd> <dt>job_dich:</dt><dd><p> The job_seek measure recoded into two 
categories of high and low. 1 = high job search self-efficacy.</p>
</dd> 
<dt>job_disc:</dt><dd><p> The job_seek measure recoded into four categories from 
lowest to highest.</p>
</dd> <dt>treat:</dt><dd><p> Indicator variable for whether 
participant was randomly selected for the JOBS II training program. 1 = 
assignment to participation.</p>
</dd> <dt>comply:</dt><dd><p> Indicator variable for 
whether participant actually participated in the JOBS II program. 1 = 
participation.</p>
</dd> <dt>control:</dt><dd><p> Indicator variable for whether participant
was randomly selected to not participate in the JOBS II training program. 1
= non-participation.</p>
</dd> </dl>


<h3>Source</h3>

<p>The complete JOBS II data is available from the data archives at 
www.icpsr.umich.edu/
</p>


<h3>References</h3>

<p>Vinokur, A. and Schul, Y. (1997). Mastery and inoculation against
setbacks as active ingredients in the jobs intervention for the
unemployed. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 65(5):867-77.
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